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Ministry of Steel
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan says that Mining sector has seen maximum reforms and paradigm shift in the last six years
Union Minister of Steel & Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today said that Mining is one of the key sectors where a large number of policy reforms have been undertaken in the last 6 years, bringing about a paradigm shift. Speaking at the National Mining Summit organized by PHDCCI here today, he called for greater value addition to drive self-reliance. The Minister said that the hon’ble Supreme court had decided that ownership of the natural resources of the country lies with the people of the country and called for a new procedure for exploitation of natural resources. Following this, the Government moved in this direction, and the change from nomination to bidding process for resource allocation was started. The States, where these resources lay, have become the major beneficiaries in the revenue thus generated.
Shri Pradhan said that the Prime Minister has envisioned that all natural resources including Coal, Iron ore, bauxite, Manganese, rare earths etc should be properly assessed and exploited, and their monetization should be done through the transparent bidding process and at the same time, cost competitiveness of the country should be retained. He said challenge is to make the processes simpler and easy. The Minister said that in this age of global village, the international investors will invest only if they see certainty and profitability in the venture. He said that the policy making is being done, keeping all this in mind. Various departments of the Government of India are working in sync in this regard, along with the substantive help from various state governments.
Shri Pradhan said that holistic view of the sector needs to be taken as the country has to not only fulfil its own domestic requirements but also work towards becoming a global manufacturing hub. He said that policy certainty has to be backed up with cost competitiveness to ensure the value out of our raw materials are realised optimally with sustainability and drive self-reliance.
Shri Pradhan also called for greater infusion of technology, digitalisation, new business models, greater efficiency in all activities from inventory management to raw material procurement and value addition. He said that the country is bestowed with the natural resources, along with a large market, and India is poised to make a seamless mining ecosystem and become self-reliant in the sector.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Employment generation is going to my focus for next five years: Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Gram Samriddhi Yojana with World Bank assistance to be launched soon
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal today said “for the next five years employment generation is going to my focus, especially in rural areas, so that children of farmers do not have to look for employment elsewhere. Farmers should turn into job creators from being job seekers.” She was addressing media after resuming Office here today.
She informed the Media that Ministry was working on Gram Samriddhi Yojana with World Bank which is going to be launched soon. The programme will focus on micro enterprises with capitalisation of less than 10 lakh rupees. Speaking about the programme she said “the aim is to target small farmers and the Ministry will aim to facilitate creation of 60 to 70 thousand such units within a short time. The pilot project will be done in four states and initiative will be expanded subsequently”.
Smt Badal thanked the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for reposing his faith in her and having confidence in her work to give her the opportunity to work in the same ministry again.
Stressing on her focus areas further, the Minister added “NBFC to provide funds for Food Processing Sector will also be my focus. I will also push for a National Food Processing Policy which I had presented in the last day of the last session”. She highlighted that “World Food India is almost here and it will be bigger and better than last time. I will soon take a review meeting of Officers to understand the progress that has happened in the past few months”.
The Minister welcomed the new Minister of State Shri Rameswar Teli and said that she hoped that with his arrival, food processing sector in North East will get a boost. North East has a tremendous potential and it will be one of her focus geographies henceforth.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar to interact with students of SKSJTI Bengaluru at a "New India for Young India" session
MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar to speak about opportunities available for Young Indians in IndiaTechade
Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be in Bengaluru on a three-day official visit, from tomorrow.
The Minister will be addressing a session on 'New India for Young India' at Jnana Jyoti Auditorium and will interact with the students from Sri Krishna Rajendra Silver Jubilee Technological Institute , Bengaluru.
As part of this initiative, the Minister has visited over 43 colleges across the country in the past 18 months during which he has interacted with students, Startups and entrepreneurs on the opportunities available for them in New India & the efforts by the Narendra Modi Government to catalyse India Techade.
Such sessions are very well received by students, college authorities and aim at inspiring students. The Minister, who himself has been a chip designer and a successful entrepreneur, also shares anecdotes from his life journey and answers all questions posed by students about Future Ready Skills, Technology, Entrepreneurship & Startups ecosystem amongst others.
It is expected that the session will be attended by over 1000 students at Jnana Jyoti Auditorium.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
“There are only two Gods worth worshipping – chance and light”: Veteran cinematographer Anil Mehta
#IFFIWood, 27 November 2022
“There are only two Gods worth worshipping – chance and light”
“There is no objective reality till it is observed”
“The act of observation transforms that reality”
These were the maxims shared by National award winning cinematographer, writer, actor and director Anil Mehta as “axioms that define the life of a cinematographer”.
Chairing a masterclass titled ‘Guiding Lights’ in the side-lines of the 53rd International Film Festival of India , Anil Mehta explained images are what appeal cinematographers. In practice, cinematography is guided by vagaries, chance, interpretation and individual choices, he said.
Mehta’s well-known projects include Lagaan , Saathiya , Kal Ho Naa Ho , Veer-Zaara , Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna  and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil .
The languages of a cinematographer are different, he said. Getting caught at the quantity is not really cinematography, feels the veteran cinematographer.
What is his most valuable advice to future DoPs? “You should start your conversations with the director in an open manner and it is mostly about listening. Cinematography is also about listening, though it feels like a job where you talk to a lot of people, marshall your resources and get things done”, answered Mehta.
On virtual production in India, Anil Mehta commented, “We have not yet done enough work on it to know where it will go.”
Mehta explained the DoP point-of-view of some of his famous projects like Khamoshi, Badlapur and Sui-Dhaga. Some thought-nuggets that he shared with budding cinematographers/DoPs:
- A DoP should try to think about how to place the camera from the day he or she starts reading the script
- Anil Mehta personally doesn’t like to make a storyboard
- If you have a sense of scene and know what to play, then your work is half done
- Rhythm of the shot is something that the cinematographer can only feel
- Very often shots emerge while filmingPIB IFFI CAST AND CREW | Nadeem/Sriyanka/Darshana | IFFI 53 - 144
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
725.93 LMT of Paddy procured in KMS 2021-22 
102.29 Lakh farmers benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 1,42,282.68 crore
The paddy procurement is progressing smoothly in Kharif Marketing Season  2021-22 at MSP from farmers, as was done in previous years.
A quantity of 725.93 LMT of Paddy has been procured in KMS 2021-22 up to 06.03.2022 in the procuring States/UTs of Chandigarh, Gujarat, Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, NEF , Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Till now about 102.29 Lakh farmers have been benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 1,42,282.68 crore.
Paddy Procurement in KMS 2021-22 / As on 07.03.2022)
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State/UT
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|
Quantity of Paddy Procurement 
|
|
No of farmers benefitted
|
|
MSP value 
|
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
|
3666874
|
|
565566
|
|
7187.07
|
|
TELANGANA
|
|
7022000
|
|
1062428
|
|
13763.12
|
|
ASSAM
|
|
69310
|
|
10098
|
|
135.85
|
|
BIHAR
|
|
4489069
|
|
642007
|
|
8798.58
|
|
CHANDIGARH
|
|
27286
|
|
1781
|
|
53.48
|
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
|
9201000
|
|
2105972
|
|
18033.96
|
|
GUJARAT
|
|
121865
|
|
25081
|
|
238.86
|
|
HARYANA
|
|
5530596
|
|
310083
|
|
10839.97
|
|
HIMACHAL PR.
|
|
27628
|
|
5851
|
|
54.15
|
|
JHARKHAND
|
|
429173
|
|
83493
|
|
841.18
|
|
J&K
|
|
40520
|
|
8724
|
|
79.42
|
|
KARNATAKA
|
|
149587
|
|
49836
|
|
293.19
|
|
KERALA
|
|
259095
|
|
103183
|
|
507.83
|
|
MADHYA PR.
|
|
4582610
|
|
661756
|
|
8981.92
|
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
|
1335973
|
|
474855
|
|
2618.51
|
|
ODISHA
|
|
5454793
|
|
1208900
|
|
10691.39
|
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
|
186
|
|
37
|
|
0.36
|
|
PUNJAB
|
|
18685532
|
|
924299
|
|
36623.64
|
|
NEF 
|
|
31250
|
|
14575
|
|
61.25
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|
TAMILNADU
|
|
2157739
|
|
324576
|
|
4229.17
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|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
|
6544306
|
|
945878
|
|
12826.84
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|
UTTRAKHAND
|
|
1156066
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|
56034
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|
2265.89
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|
WEST BENGAL
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|
1603387
|
|
643401
|
|
3142.64
|
|
RAJASTHAN
|
|
7357
|
|
563
|
|
14.42
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ALL INDIA TOTAL
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|
72593203
|
|
10228977
|
|
142282.68
Ministry of Steel
India Steel 2019 - Exhibition and Conference begins tomorrow in Mumbai
Over 250 companies from 15 countries to participate
India Steel 2019 Exhibition and Conference will be held in Mumbai from 22nd to 24th January, 2019. The three-day event organised by Ministry of Steel will help chart out the future growth path of the steel industry. The event will witness the participation of the companies across the industrial spectrum ranging from MSMEs to the biggest names in the Indian and international steel sector. The event provides an opportunity for all the stakeholders to deliberate and identify ways to contribute towards building a robust roadmap for the further growth of the steel sector. The presence of international technology providers is an added attraction for the Indian companies to interact with them for technology upgradation or technology transfer. The products, technologies and the best practices of steel production around the globe will be on display at the exhibition.
Over 250 exhibiting companies from 15 countries, over 200 International hosted buyers and large number of delegates are expected to hold business meetings during this event. More than 10,000 business visitors both from India and abroad are expected to visit.
Ministry of Steel organises the India Steel Exhibition and Conference once in two years. Over the years, the event has become the most preferred platform for buyers, sellers, technology providers, manufacturers, traders, importers, investors and other allied organizations and institutions from steel sector to interact and develop business. India has become the second largest producer of crude steel during 2018. The country is also the largest producer of sponge iron in the world and the 3rd largest steel consumer in the world after China and USA. The National Steel Policy 2017 announced by Ministry of Steel envisages production of 300 million tonnes by 2030-31. The Government has also announced a policy for providing preference to domestically manufactured iron and steel products in government procurement. The India Steel-2019 is part of series of initiatives to develop a globally competitive steel industry in line with NSP-2107.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s meeting with Greek Academicians
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met Professor Dimitrios Vassiliadis, Indologist and Sanskrit & Hindi professor at University of Athens, together with Dr. Apostolos Michailidis, Assistant Professor at Department of Social Theology, University of Athens, in Athens on 25 August 2023.
They briefed Prime Minister on their work on Indian religions, philosophy and culture.
The discussions focussed on the potential for deepening academic collaboration between Indian and Greek universities and ways to further strengthen India-Greece cultural relations.
Special Service and Features
Live spiders seized by Chennai Air Customs in a postal parcel arriving from Poland
Based on information Chennai Air Customs intercepted a postal parcel which arrived from Poland at Foreign Post Office on suspicion of containing some arthropod/invertebrate species. The parcel was addressed to aArupukotai  based person. On cut opening the parcel a thermocol box was found in which 107 small plastic vials wrapped in silver foil and cotton were found. On examination live spiders were found inside each vial.
Wild Life Crime Control Bureau  officials & scientist of Zoological Survey of India  were called to identify the species. Based on morphological examination they suspected the spiders to be of GenusPhonopelma and Brachypelma which are CITES listed Tarantulas, native of South, Central America and Mexico. The Animal Quarantine Officials recommended to deport the parcel containing the spiders to country of origin as the said import is illegal as there was no DGFT license and health related documents of import into India.
The spiders were seized under the Customs Act 1962read with FT Act. The parcel containing the spiders were handed over to postal authorities to deport to Poland the country of origin.
Further investigations are under progress.
This is stated in a press release issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
Special Service and Features
Vigilance Awareness Week: NABARD organises Walkathon
As a part of the observance of Vigilance Awareness Week 2022 , NABARD organised a Walkathon at Thiruvananthapuram. The Walkathon was flagged off by Shri. P Manoj, General Manager, Reserve Bank of India from NABARD Kerala Regional Office.. The theme of this year's Vigilance Awareness Week is 'Corruption Free India for a Developed Nation. The aim of the Walkathon was to raise public awareness against perils of corruption and enlist the support of all the stakeholders in the anti-corruption campaign. Dr.Gopakumaran Nair G, CGM, NABARD delivered the welcome address. Shri. R Shankar Narayan, General Manager, NABARD proposed the vote of thanks. Employees and staff from18 banks participated in the Walkathon.
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Ministry of Finance
Cabinet approves capital infusion for the three Public Sector General Insurance Companies – Oriental Insurance Company Limited, National Insurance Company Limited and United India Insurance Company Limited
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the capital infusion for an overall value of Rs.12,450 crore;  in the three Public Sector General Insurance Companies  namely Oriental Insurance Company Limited , National Insurance Company Limited  and United India Insurance Company Limited  but of which Rs.3,475 crore will be released immediately; while the balance Rs,6475 crore will be infused later. Cabinet also approved increase in authorised share capital of NICL to Rs.7,500crore and that of UIICL and OlCL to Rs 5,000 crore respectively to give effect to the capital infusion. Further, the process of merger has been ceased so far in view of the current scenario and instead, the focus shall be on their profitable growth.
The capital infusion of Rs.3,475 Crore will be allocated to three PSGICs viz. OlCL, NICL and UIICL as the first tranche in the current financial year and the. balance amount will be released in one or more tranches. To give effect to the infusion, the authorised capital of NICL will be increased to Rs. 7,500 Crore and that of UIICL and OlCL to Rs.5,000 Crore respectively.
Impact
The capital infusion will enable the three PSGICs to improve their financial and solvency position, meet the insurance needs of the economy, absorb changes and enhance the capacity to raise resources and improved risk management.
Financial implications:
In the current financial year, the immediate financial implication would be Rs.3,475 crore as a result of capital infusion in three PSGICs namelyOlCL, NICL and UIICL as the first tranche which will be followed by Rs. 6,475 Crore.
Way forward:
To ensure optimum utilization of the capital being provided, the Government has issued guidelines in the form of KPIs aimed at bringing business efficiency and profitable growth. In the meanwhile, given the current scenario, the process of merger has been ceased so far and/instead focus shall be on their solvency and profitable growth, post capital infusion.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Overhauling of Water Infrastructure
Government of India has taken several steps towards comprehensively overhauling of the existing water infrastructure of the nation. For improving the safety and operational performances of some of the selected existing dams, Govt. of India implemented the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project , with financial assistance from the World Bank. Under the first phase of the DRIP program, which was implemented during April 2012 to March 2021, about 223 existing dams located in 7 States have been comprehensively rehabilitated at a cost of Rs. 2567 crore.
After the completion of DRIP Phase- I, Govt. of India has now taken up DRIP, Phases-II & III. The Scheme envisages rehabilitation of 736 dams located in nineteen  States with a budget outlay of Rs 10,211 crore. It is a State Sector Scheme with Central component. The Scheme is of 10 years duration. DRIP Phase-II has become operational from 12th October 2021. DRIP Phase-II entails financial assistance from the World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank  to the tune of 500 Million US$.
Further, during 2016-17, ninety-nine  on-going Major/Medium irrigation projects , in the country having balance estimated cost of Rs.77,595 crore  under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana  - Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme , have been prioritized in consultation with States for completion in phases. Out of these, AIBP works of 46 projects have been reported to be completed. Under the PMKSY-AIBP scheme there are 7 Extension, Renovation and Modernization  projects. Rs. 1013.72 Crore have been released to respective States as Central Assistance for ERM projects during 2016-21.
Government of India is also implementing the Repair, Renovation & Restoration  of water bodies Scheme under PMKSY . Under the RRR of Water Bodies scheme, since 12th Plan onwards, 2,218 schemes are ongoing with an estimated cost of Rs. 1,910 crore. Central Assistance  of Rs. 476 crore has been released to States up to March, 2021. Further 1,591 water bodies are reported to have been completed up to March, 2021. Target irrigation potential restoration of these schemes is 1.887 lakh ha and out of this, 1.320 lakh ha is reported to be restored till March, 2021
The Union Government has recently enacted the Dam Safety Act, 2021 for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of the specified dams for prevention of dam failure related disasters. As per this Act, dam owners have to take such measures as may be necessary to address safety concerns with a view to achieve satisfactory level of dam safety assurance.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
State Visit of Prime Minister to Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa 
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, will pay a State Visit to Republic of Rwanda , Republic of Uganda  and Republic of South Africa . This will be the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Rwanda and the first visit by our Prime Minister to Uganda in over 20 years. The visit to South Africa is in the context of BRICS Summit.
Prime Minister’s official engagement in Rwanda and Uganda include bilateral meetings with the Presidents, delegation level talks and meetings with the business and the Indian communities. In Rwanda, Prime Minister will visit the Genocide Memorial and participate in an event on "Girinka” , a national social protection scheme of Rwanda personally initiated by President Paul Kagame. In Uganda, Prime Minister will deliver a Keynote address at the Parliament of Uganda – the first Indian Prime Minister to address the Ugandan Parliament.
In South Africa, the Prime Minister will have bilateral meeting with the South African President and will attend the BRICS Summit and other BRICS related meetings. Bilateral meetings with participating countries on the sidelines of BRICS meetings are also planned.
India shares close, warm and friendly relations with Africa which are cemented by robust development partnership and a large presence of the Indian Diaspora. A number of agreements and MoUs in the areas of Defence, trade, culture, Agriculture and Dairy cooperation are scheduled to be signed during the visit.
Over the last few years, there has been a significant intensification of our engagement in various fields with African countries and there have been as many as 23 outgoing visits to Africa at the level of President, Vice President and Prime Minister in the last four years. Africa has been the top priority of India’s Foreign Policy. The visit of Prime Minister to Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa will further strengthen our relations with the African continent.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh visits training institutions of Vietnam on the final day of his visit to the country
Gifts one million dollars to Air Force Officers Training School at Nha Trang to establish a language & IT laboratory
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh visited the training institutions of Vietnam on June 10, 2022 - the final day of his three-day official visit to the Southeast Asian country. Shri Rajnath Singh, who is in Vietnam to enhance defence cooperation between the two countries, began his day’s engagements by paying a visit to Air Force Officers Training School at Nha Trang. He handed over a gift of one million dollars on behalf of Government of India for the establishment of a language and IT laboratory in the School. Addressing the Officers at the School, he hoped that the laboratory would substantially contribute to sharpen the language and IT skills of Air Defence and Air Force personnel of Vietnam.
Later, Shri Rajnath Singh visited the Telecommunications University in Nha Trang, where an Army Software Park is being established with the $US 5 million grant from Government of India. The grant was announced during Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s visit to Vietnam in September 2016.
During his visit to Vietnam, the Raksha Mantri had held bilateral talks with Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang and called on the President of Vietnam Mr Nguyen Xuan Phuc & Prime Minister Mr Pham Minh Chinh.
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1831981
On June 09, 2022, Shri Rajnath Singh handed over 12 High Speed Guard Boats to Vietnam during his visit to Hong Ha Shipyard in Hai Phong. The boats have been constructed under the Government of India’s $US 100 million Defence Line of Credit to Vietnam.
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1832495